rindill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rindill, probably borrowed from Old Saxon wrendilo, from Proto-West Germanic *wrandilō, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪntɪtl/
• Rhymes: -ɪntɪtl

Noun

rindill m (genitive singular rindils, nominative plural rindill)

1. (obsolete, except in compounds) wren
2. weakling, runt

   Synonyms: tittur, væskill, aumingi, gauð

Declension

declension of rindill

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rindill	rindillinn	rindlar	rindlarnir
accusative	rindil	rindilinn	rindla	rindlana
dative	rindli	rindlinum	rindlum	rindlunum
genitive	rindils	rindilsins	rindla	rindlanna

Derived terms

• músarrindill (“Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes”)
• rindilþvari (“little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus”)